There's a Henry Moore sculpture of the Madonna and Child in one of the churches here - she has a shiny foot and the baby has a polished head. I suppose some people touch them for religious reasons but I'm not at all religious and I still had to stroke them, the sculpture is so good it draws you in to touch it.

The Graham Sutherland painting on the opposite wall is also wonderful but I don't think people stroke that, lol.

_________________________The Hubble Telescope has just picked up a sound from a fraction of a second before the Big Bang. The sound was "Uh oh".

Your railway shot reminded me of this photo, ClaraSue. We pedalled along out-of-service train lines from Mauriac to Drugeac recently using the vélorail on mechanical, pedal-powered vehicles called draisines, hard work but great fun, and some splendid views to be had.

I can see why that rail photo looked familiar, Santana. There is no way I could ever pedal on one of those - I have a heck of enough time pedaling my bicycle these days. I bet that was fun, though.

A sunset photo taken from my driveway this past March. One of the reasons I just love living in the desert southwest is because we get some of the most dramatic sunsets I've ever seen. One day I will own a camera that will do them justice.

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May the tail of the elephant never have to swat the flies from your face.

Today I was at the local Market Square, because the Stanley Cup had come to town. I didn't get that close to the Cup (which I have seen before, anyway) and most of my pics had all kinds of people in them. Most of the city seemed to have turned up - which was good news for the market traders, like my friend Antonina, who sells all sorts of things with a Russian flavour - including these dolls.

Mini-school! On the left is the tents for the primary kids - they get 12 swags in each. But surely it's asking for trouble to have the girl's and boy's tents so close together? lol It's not as though there isn't enough room to spread them out a bit ..